nacht

See also: Nacht and nåcht

Cimbrian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Proto-West Germanic *naht

Old High German naht

Middle High German naht

Cimbrian nacht

Inherited from Middle High German naht, from Old High German naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun

nacht f

1. (Luserna) night

   tunkhl azpi di nacht ― as dark as the night

Derived terms

• dornàchtet
• haintenacht

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Proto-West Germanic *naht

Old Dutch naht

Middle Dutch nacht

Dutch nacht

Inherited from Middle Dutch nacht, from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑxt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nacht
• Rhymes: -ɑxt

Noun

nacht m (plural nachten, diminutive nachtje n)

1. night

   Het was een stille nacht met alleen het geluid van krekels. ― It was a quiet night with only the sound of crickets.

   Tijdens de nacht kan het erg koud worden in de woestijn. ― During the night, it can get very cold in the desert.

   Ze werkt vaak late nachten om haar projecten af te maken. ― She often works late into the night to finish her projects.

Derived terms

• holst van de nacht
• middernacht
• nachtapotheker
• nachtbraken
• nachtbroek
• nachtburgemeester
• nachtclub
• nachtdienst
• nachtelijk
• nachtgesternte
• nachtkoekoeksbloem
• nachtleven
• nachtmerrie
• nachtpauwoog
• nachtschade
• nachtuil
• nachtvlinder
• nachtwaker
• nachtwerk
• over een nacht ijs gaan
• overnachten
• 's nachts

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nag
• Jersey Dutch: nāxt
• Negerhollands: nacht, nagt

See also

times of day: dagdelenedit

• dageraad, ochtendschemering
• zonsopgang, zonsopkomst
• ochtend, morgen
• voormiddag
• middag
• namiddag
• avond
• zonsondergang
• avondschemering
• nacht
• middernacht

Anagrams

• chant

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Proto-West Germanic *naht

Old Dutch naht

Middle Dutch nacht

Inherited from Old Dutch naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naxt/

Noun

nacht f or m

1. night

Inflection

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	nacht	nachte
accusative	nacht	nachte
genitive	nacht, nachte	nachte
dative	nacht, nachte	nachten

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	nacht	nachte
accusative	nacht	nachte
genitive	nachts	nachte
dative	nachte	nachten

Descendants

• Dutch: nacht
  • Afrikaans: nag
  • Negerhollands: nacht, nagt
• Limburgish: nach
• West Flemish: nacht

Further reading

• “nacht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “nacht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle Low German

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Proto-West Germanic *naht

Old Saxon naht

Middle Low German nacht

Inherited from Old Saxon naht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naxt/

Noun

nacht f

1. night

Descendants

• Low German:
  • Dutch Low Saxon: nacht
  • German Low German: Nacht

    Hamburgisch: Natt

    Westphalian:

    Lippisch: Nacht f

    Paderbornisch: Nacht f

    Ravensbergisch: Nacht

    Sauerländisch: Nacht

    Westmünsterländisch: Nacht, Nach

• Plautdietsch: Nacht

Old Frisian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Proto-West Germanic *naht

Old Frisian nacht

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun

nacht f

1. night

Inflection

Declension of nacht (feminine consonant stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	nacht	nacht
accusative	nacht	nacht
genitive	nachtes, nachte	nachta
dative	nachte	nachtum, nachtem

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: naacht

  Heligoland: noach

  Mooring: nåcht

  Sylt: Nacht

• Saterland Frisian: Noacht
• West Frisian: nacht

West Frisian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Germanic *nahts

Proto-West Germanic *naht

Old Frisian nacht

West Frisian nacht

Inherited from Old Frisian nacht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaxt/

Noun

nacht c (plural nachten, diminutive nachtsje)

1. night

Further reading

• “nacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Interjection

nacht

1. good night

Further reading

• “nacht”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011